Insane 747-400 Landing

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I don't think I'd want to be standing where these guys are.

  1. By: fahad_jamali
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  4. Added :17-Jun-07
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  • Question

    Why isn't there any type of jetwash effecting the people standing directly under the plane, i mean its got to be only ten feet above the people there. any amateur scientists on here wanna explain this to me please?

    By nekode 1182236220
    • Plane is a lot higher than 10 feet.

      Over 20 flys in to Princess Julianne airport daily. We love to float in the water when the planes are landing, the waves are big. Only once there was a landing issue where the plane came down to low and hit the 12 foot chain link fence. I remember back 7 years ago when it was only small planes flying into St. Maarten, except for the enormous Air France planes. Around 4pm, when the planes depart the airport, that is when you want to get away from the beach area. Air France turns on those jets for take off and the whole beach area gets sand blasted.

      By katagin 1184690668
    • answer

      there probably would have been, but only to a very limited amount. on landing the engines are throttled right back and so jetblast is only evident if you're literally right behind the exhausts. i work at a major international airport and have regularly stood behind idling 747's on the taxiways without experiencing even a hint of blast

      By jonnypulsar 1182327328
    • Your Friendly Amateur Scientist

      First off.. your right there should be jetwash... in fact there is... you cant hardly see it because the guy filming focuses the camera on the plane and not whats behind it! the grainy looking camera makes it almost imposible to spot it not to mention that it was windy that day! now i normally would not speculate or make up answers to something i didnt know but i have seen this airport before.. the reason it is soo close to the pedestrians and some traffic is that .. this airport is actually on an island i believe either in french Polynesia the Caribbean or most likely where the dutch meet the french in st MArtin.. im pretty sure thats where it is.. it is a tiny island resort where the tourist flock thus having such large planes landing there ... but its true.. you could stand on the beach directly behind the flight line and you should be able to feel a kick of wind with some beach sand in your face and after that directly behind the man filming you can go buy your self a shot of whiskey to make sure that your really seeing this.. cause i believe there is a bar there with a schedule of the daily flights coming in!!! god it feels good to know things!!!

      By voltairefrench 1261300534
    • wow

      coolest footage ive seen from that airport

      By GreenWaveFlix 1217810423
    • omg

      its really cool!!

      By alyson hannigan nude 1268304527
    • iv been there

      yes it does efect only if you are at the divisor from the airport and the road beacause they fly actualy quite high to do the efect those for security reasons

      By flydogfly 1210553037
    • It is landing, that's why.

      There is little jetwash when landing. Lift is and power are at their minimums when landing.
      Hope this helps.

      By Mr. Harold 1185118423
    • Actually, you are not correct

      Lift AND drag are at their MAXIMUM in landing and take off configurations. What you get are extreme wing vorticies (little tornados) They will drift away if there is a wind, or they will, in fact reach the ground; there is a delay, however, as they settle to the ground.

      By Jeff in Lodi Wi 1204596299
    • Jet wash

      The turbulance would be felt a little, small vortex. but you would have to follow directly in the wake to experience the jetwash. The plane was very low but the people were still out of it's wake, mostly. The thrust of the engines would be felt more but as this plane was about to touch down the thrust would be low but noticable. The fun really starts when the plane takes off.

      By PorkyPig 1182905426
    • Right...

      When the aircraft is landing (as seen here), the engine thrust is considerably low; thus, the wake turbulence is mostly ineffective towards the onlookers. As said, take-offs (~102% throttle) are a different story.

      By Furious321 1184731429
  • Guy in the Jeep..

    ...is like, "What the heck is everyone looking at?"

    By sminnian 1182136462
  • .

    throw sand in the turbines lol boom

    By xbradx7 1182149622
  • you guys are wrong

    The name of the airport is Princess Juliana, which is located in the Netherland Antilles. The Runway starts literally right at the fence, so the landing is a good one for heavy planes. A lot of 747s and A340s land there and have to land RIGHT after the fence because of the distance it takes them to stop.

    Also, kudos to the pilots for landing there, seeing as how they have to make visual landings since the airport has no ILS

    By qabaqabile 1182145704
  • very educational video....

    after viewing this video, i must say "at least i get to know" there is such a kind of airport in the world that you will need a ear-plug when go to St.Martin beach for a swim.....thanks, its a great video !

    By Cigarboy 1182187082
  • St maarten

    its the dutch island of st maarten.
    very cool bar right next to it on the beach. sunset beach bar.
    when planes take off,you hold on to the fance and i mean hold on ( 747)
    wear glasses , but it is a hell of a rush!!

    By nipper9582 1182869471
  • Where is this island??

    I have seen numerous pictures of this beach and still have no idea where it is. Can someone tell me please so I can go there.....that was insane!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

    By windows grim reaper 1182102746
    • wher it is

      the is the st. martin island airport my friend and ive been there its awesome... when the planes land they knock you over!

      By derbizzle 1182103032
    • It's Here:

      Saint Martin Island. Wikipedia has a great writeup about both the island and the airport itself. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Juliana_International_Airport

      By crzy4x4 1186149933
  • Answer

    Wake turbulence flows off the ends of the wings. It forms counter-clockwise currents of air that dissipate down and away from the wingtips. If people were out from underneath the plane and further away they would feel it if the plane was lower. That plane is more than ten feet off the ground, so the wake turbulence has disappeared before it gets to them. They don't feel any blast from the jet engines because they're not standing directly behind the jet as it lands.

    By oregonducks 1184869312
  • Several years ago

    ...an Air France 747 snagged that fence with his main gear and took several hundred feet of it down the runway with him...

    As to why you don't see jetwash...the plane is travelling in the opposite direction from the jetwash, negating most of the power (relative to stationary people on the ground) in the exchange...plus the thottles are set low at this point, as was said.

    When they take off from that runway, that whole beach gets jetwashed...you sometimes see people surfing OUT away from the beach in it...

    By jeffco 1183464525
  • Mad

    Yeah this was pretty insane..it landed not even on the runway start. Its at SXM (St Maarten). Check out how close it was. you can see the people at the fence ducking down. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1078774/M/

    By dubkat 1182105924
  • That car

    I swaer the plane's wheels could have touched the car in the video, if it had been further back on that lane. Go check it out at 21st second.

    By Richard Lai 1209331535
  • good pilot

    gotta hand it to the pilot.

    By yomazu 1208512666
  • Not fake...

    This happens daily at Maho Beach, at the west end of Princess Juliana Airport. The Sunset Beach Bar just off the runway has a board with the flight schedules for the plane watchers. Truly cool experience. Standing there holding onto the fence during takeoff reminded me of the movie "Pushing Tin"!

    By SCDrJ 1187596289
  • I've seen a video where

    an aircraft was taking off there. The blast was directed to the beach and the people flew to the sea!!!

    By omnimag 1187298277
    • me 2

      that was also a boeing 747

      By Noodles129 1191192085
  • I went there 10 years ago

    And it's not true only small planes landed there. There were huge planes landing all day long, and most of them were American Airlines, not Air France.

    By andey_77 1186436177
  • I'll give you a 5...

    just because that was an outstanding editing job!

    By luiscf77 1184297575
  • id love to stand there

    PS fly with KLM they give you free dutch bread and cheese onboard with juice and its SOOOOOOOOOOOOO tasty

    By Dameaux9 1182287264
  • lol

    Cant wait for the A380 to do the same :)

    By waldo3002 1182205612
  • man this is one crazy airport

    how could they ?

    By Dr UAE 1182176894
  • i dont thin this is

    a duplicate ... i've seen the other one but not this one .....

    this one is way much lower and its cloudy and windy

    By see4kill 1182152744
  • 10 out of 10

    The Pilot is amazing, Very confidence and controlled touch down fantastic I will try to jump and touch the plane :) one again SUPERB PILOT

    By nobiaqeel1 1182149774
  • illegal

    This has got to be illegal in north america i hope :S

    By latinomusician 1182120992
  • carlit0$$

    cool where is at ?
    which country ??

    By carlit0$ 1182112883
    • Been there..

      It's the Princess Juliana airport in the island of St.Maarten ( or St. Martin) in the Caribbean. Half of the island is under Dutch jurisdiction, the other half is French. Nice place! The whole island is a Duty-free zone, great shopping, great beaches! lol...I miss it so much :(

      By cereal_ killer 1182163077
  • CoOoOoL !!!

    i'm going there next week !!!

    By dfghjdfgh 1182107191
  • i know

    this island is in netherland (holand) and this airport is called st.marteens its an amaizin place

    By pilot33222 1182103295
    • sorry...

      if u go to google earth then u can see where it is but for sure it's not in holland (the netherlands) it's called st. maarten and is partly dutch. we (i am dutch) do have some islands but non of them do have landingstrips like this, they r to small for these type of airplanes, apart from schiphol ;).

      By charmed 1182113608
  • ?

    it looks unsafe to me, i might be a good place for a bar and for a fence company but i think i will pass on the ride in a jet there. I would think that they could find a little more runway somwhere on the other end to make it a little safer than that.

    By docscot 1228273981
  • Someone is very smart about aviation

    Technically speaking when you are about to land a plane you might put it in idle or low thrust. When you are about to take-off you would put the throttle completely in so that the plane will take off

    By jasleil 1209079109
  • Wow!

    Where was that? Very close to nose...

    By OTMT 1207920803
  • DONT PAUSE THE VIDEO AT.................

    21 sec / 31 sec.

    By Tupacalypse 1203640967
  • almost!

    only one inch and the jeep would now be screwed

    By BL@CK DEMON 1184986570
  • DUDE too low

    So when are we going to join hands and ask the sky gods to stop this bad behavior?

    By gongshow1 1184935238
  • Haha

    Great place to fly a kite!

    By Maverick22 1184443952
  • ILS or visuel

    I think if the runway have the systeme ILS the pilot just doeing the job but if he land visual he can doeing better... verry verry low landing !!!

    By stall 1184388984
  • look

    @ the water and ull see the efffect the turbulance/jetwash has.

    By jeff hardy fan 1184263461
  • Outrageous

    How cool would that be?!!

    By roadkilljoe 1184124659
  • CRAZY!

    WTF WHAT IF A FREAKIN TANKER TRUCK OR AN 18 WHEELER WAS AT THE FENCE!

    By Mr.Maniac 1184112831
  • LMFAO XBRAD!!!!

    XBrad Wrote: Chuck some sand in the air and boom! lmao that cracks me up thinkin about it one grain of sand hits those babies AND BOOM!

    By Mr.Maniac 1184112694
  • Drunk Pilots

    Scary Airlines :-)

    By Z3ROCOOL 1183710684
  • Great skills...

    Proffesional Pilot skills... Be proud of him. And prey, so when U take a flight He'll Be Your Pilot...

    By apehrona 1183650817
  • OMG!!!!!

    that waz..wow!

    By Goris 1183161905
  • wow

    damm that was close a bet that person could feel the plane on his head

    By MODE Y 1182788408
  • This is St. Martin THAT LANDING WAS TOO ...

    This is an abnormally low landing for this airport. WOW!

    By freq32 1182613684
  • Cool Video Look!!

    http://www.metacafe.com/watch/680283/the_cutest_laughter/

    By decibel29 1182578457
  • too close

    you could almost reach your hand up and touch it geesh. that was to close for comfort.

    By RHCPlover 1182566109
  • woow!

    F**k , it's really amazing!

    By JPBC Mancuso 1182394277
  • wow

    Wow...the pilot must have a set of stainless steel ones down there....and the guy in the car....wow mama....

    By SaintZA 1182349277
  • thats cool

    i wanna go there and see the plane land!!!

    By sugarbaby 1182346463
  • Location

    Pls let me know the location which video can take ,its Asia or Europe

    By ktko 1182328964
  • wat is up

    with all this stupid spammers? why cant they be ip banned, i cant even read a comment in peace.

    By oohhhhmyyy 1182260578
  • either me

    either me

    By Suntemple1 1182236768
  • This is in

    Princess Juliana Airport-St. Maarten

    By jm1600 1182227271
  • Misidentified

    This is actually my Mother-In-Law on her final approach to the Breakfast Bar at Bob Evans' Restaurant just outside of Bristol, VA, USA. I always get nervous when people stand that close, as she doesn't always land that well. There have been injuries.

    By andaloudog 1182195806
    • That is

      fookin hilarious.

      By ozium 1182228038
    • Did you just say

      fookin??

      By im2short2die 1182230274
  • Been circling the Internet

    for years. Are there any NEW videos on Metacafe???

    By Blade2000 1182172339
  • THAT

    Is Insane.. The red Jeep nearly got hit.. Im going there!!!

    By phantom2017 1182123568
  • That's wicked cool

    I've seen video where the planes take off and the jets blow people right into the water.

    By RipUaNew1 1182115968
  • darn

    i woda pooed my self next to that giant hunk of metal

    By Gimper fish 1182103921
  • ooh

    windy

    By Funnyman33 1182088292
  • LOL

    The pilot has blue eyes! LOL

    By WeirdMinnesota 1213927843
  • kool

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    By beachboy2008 1209243188
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    By Klutten3 1208521281
  • ooh


    copy and paste this to 10 videos or your mum or your mum will die within the next4 hours....

    By caldev12 1208191682
  • oh sure

    and no one freaked out, right? fakeo!

    By CamelWide 1188808441
  • thas crazy!

    what if a truck was passing by, the plane woulda definitly knock it down.

    By rish000 1186010781
  • Answer to your question

    I am a pilot and when you are coming in for a landing you are almost gliding. The power is cut back so far that the engines are still on but there is no backwash from the jets. This is really true though I have been to this exact place it is in Australia and the requirements to be standing or driving there is that you can't be over 10 feet high.

    By bigpun1999 1185142625
    • Uh

      No, there is no way this airport is in Australia.

      KLM is a Dutch airline, and the car is European.

      By djmajah 1185369764
  • you are all wrong

    its Superman who carry the plain thats why there is no disturbance or whatsoever
    Long live Superman!!bravo Superman thanks Superman you save that plain from crushing

    By bazthy 1210380672
  • totally insane

    I like to see him try this at night. You could bring down a 747 with a slingshot.
    Awesome!

    By eltoro63 1188052984
  • Im a amatour scientist.

    My diagnosis is the following:
    faaaakeee!

    By Rastafarian 1187109375
  • as if

    as if u would b 1 ov dose peepz i wotld b kakkin it

    By liamrules 1185820899
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